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PATENTED JULY 3, 1906.

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Specification ofLetters Patent.

Patented July 3, 1906.

Application filed November 17,1905. Serial No. 287.813.

To all whom, it may concernf Be it known that I, FANNIE WOLF, a citizen of the United States, and, a resident of Jersey City, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Cabinet, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to-improvements in cabinets for use in stores in lieu of shelving, and comprises a plurality of boxes for holding goods of any description, the boxes being arranged in tiers or normally one upon another, the object being to provide a simple means for raising the several boxes in a tier and supporting the box or boxes above the one from which it is desired to remove articles after said box is lowered fromf-those above it.

Another object is to provide a lifting mechanism by means of which the box may be raised to the desired height.

I will describe a cabinet embodying my in- I vention and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is an end elevation of a cabinetcasing embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation thereof, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a sectional detail showing the suspending means employed. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation of a lifting-jack employed. Fig. 5 is a cross-section thereof. Fig. 6 is an end elevation, and Fig. 7 is a sectional elevation,

' thereof.

The cabinet comprises a casing consisting of a top board 1, rear uprights 2, and front uprights 3, the uprights being arranged between adjacent tiers of boxes and serving practically as guides therefor.

Arranged in each section of the cabinet is a series of boxes 4 for containing goods, these several boxes being movable vertically, and resting normally on the upper box is acover 5, which is also movable vertically. Each box above the lowermost onel is provided at its ends both at the front and rear with metal plates 6, each plate having a series of perforations 7 for receiving a hook 8 to hold certain of the boxes in elevated position when it is desired to remove goods from the boxes underneath the suspended boxes, as; will be hereinafter described.

As clearly indicated in the drawings, the

front and rear hooks are arranged in pairs and mounted to swing on rods 9, attached to the rear and front uprights 2 3, the hooks of one set of pairs being designed for engagement with the boxes at one side of the standards and uprights, while the other hooks of the pairs are designed for engagement with boxes of adjacent series of boxes, depending, of course, upon the box in a series from which it is desired to remove goods. The upper portions of the hooks in a pair are extended upward above the rod on which they are mounted to swing and on which the hooks are crossed. These upwardly-extended diverging ends are designed to be engaged by lugs 10 on shafts 11, having bearings in the rear and front uprights, the said rods being extended through the front upr'ights and provided with knobs 12. It will be noted in Fig. 2 that suspending-hooks are also provided for the cover 5 for the uppermost part.

As a means for lifting simultaneously the several boxes in a tier I employ a jack consisting of a casing 13, which is secured to the floor, and operating vertically in the casing is a rack 15, from which brace-rods 16 17 extend to connection with the bottom box, the said braces 16 connecting with the boxes near the rear side, while the braces 17 connect with the boxes near the ends. As here shown, these braces are secured to blocks attached to the rack, and the casing 13 is provided with vertical slots 18, in which the blocks may slide.

Mounted to swing on a shaft sup orted by lugs 19, extended outward from tlie casing 13, is a pawl 20 for engaging with the rack, and from the rod 21,connected to the pawl above its ivotal point, are links 22, the lower ends of willich have pivotal connection with a foot-lever 23, extended outward to the front of the casing and adapted at its inner end to engage with a tooth of the rack. The pawl 20 may be held yieldingly in engagement with the rack by means of a spring 24, which at one end is attached to the extended portion of the shaft 21 and at the other end to an arm 25 on the rack. As this spring may not be sufficiently strong to move the pawl into engagement with the rack as the operating-lever is released therefrom, I provide a pawl below its pivotal point with a downward extension 26, designed to be engaged by 4a lug 27 on the inner end of the lever 23. When the outer end of said lever is TOC IIO

forced downward, this' lu 2`7 by engaging with the extension 26 will orce the pawl into engagement with the rack. In some instances it may be desired or necessary to impart two lifting movements to the boxes, and obviously in such case theend of the lever 23 must be released from the lug and lowered, and to prevent the pawl during such lowering movement from being disengaged from the rack the lever is provided with an arm 28, which will engage with the outer side of the pawl 20 and hold the same closely in connection with the rack.

In the operation when it is desired to remove goods Jfrom one of the boxes-for instance, the box indicated in Fig. 2-the several boxes are to be lifted by operating the jack. Of course in operating the jack ,the outer end of the lever 23 will be moved outward, disengaging the pawl 20 from the rack. Upon reaching the desired elevation ythe rods 11 are to be rotated to move the hooks 8 into perforations 'in the box immediately above the box 6. When at the desired height, the lug 27 by engaging to the portion 26 of the pawl will move the pawl into engagement with the rack, as before described; but upon the reverse or upward movement of the outer end of the foot-lever the jack will be lowered, carrying wi th it the box or boxes below the one engaged by the hooks. Then when in the desired lowered position the arm 28 will force ythe pawl 2() into -engagement with the rack. Of course when it is desired to remove goods from the uppermost box vin a tier the cover 5 will be suspended iin the same manner as above described.

In the modification shown in Figs. 6 and 7 the several boxes in a tier above the bottom one are designed to be elevated by means of a rope or cable connecting .with a foot-lever` In this instance rods 2-9extend along the ends of the boxes, the lower` and upper rods having their ends projecting into guide-slots 30, formed in the standards. The several rods 29 at each sideof a tier of boxes are connected by links 3l, and attached to the upi per rods at opposite ends of the boxes .are

yokes 32, from which ropes yor cables 33 extend over pulleys 34, supported in the upper portion of they casing, thence over pulleys 3,5 at the rear top side of the .casi-ng, and thence downward to connection with levers 36, pivoted to lugs 37 on the front standards. The opposite levers l,36 for a `series or tier of boxes are connected by arod 38, which has link connection 39 with a foot-lever `40., pivoted to a standard 41 and adapted to engage at its free end in `lowered position in a notch 42, formed in a standard 43. In this modification the hooks 44 are mounted to swing on the rods 29 and are operated Aby lugs 30 on rods 31, arranged between opposite hooks and below the rods 29. In ,this

construction by a downward pressure on the outer end of the foot-lever 40 the several boxes below the lowermost one and the cover of the upper boxes will be elevated. Then the hooks are to be engaged with the box above that from which it is desired to remove goods, which may then be lowered.

It is obvious that a cabinet embodying my invention will not only be more ornamental than shelving'in a store, but will keep the goods clean or free from dust and dirt and, further, that by the jack mechanism very little power is required for elevating the boxes in a tier.

Having thus 4described my invention, I claim as new Vand desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A cabinet for the purpose described, comprising a casing, a lurality oi superimposed receptacles in 't e casing, swinging hooks for engaging with the receptacles, rotary rods, ,devices on said rods for engaging the hooks wi th the receptacles, and means for raising and lowering the receptacles.

2. A cabinet for the purpose described, comprising a casing, a series of boxes arranged in the casing-one upon another, a jack for ,raising several boxes in series, devices for engaging with boxes designed to be suspended while the box or boxes below the suspended box or boxes are lowered, and a vertically-movable cover for the uppermost box.

3. A cabinet comprising a casing, a tier of boxes |arranged to move vertically therein, the said boxes having perforations at the ends at the `front and rear, swinging hooks for engaging in the perforations of a box, rotary rods, lugs on said rods for moving the hooks into perforations of a box, and a jack for lowering and raising the boxes.

:4. A .cabinet lcomprising ra casing having front and rear standards, a tier of boxes arranged in the casing, rods having connection with front and rear .standards at the ends of the boxes, hooks mounted to swing on said rods for engaging with the boxes, other rods mounted to turn in the standards, lugs on said other rods for `operating the hooks in one direction, and a foot-operated jack lfor rais- .ing the several boxes ina tier.

5. A cabinet comprising a casing, a plurality Iof `superimposed boxes in the casing separable one `from another, means for elevating the several movable boxes in a tier together., and means for suspending any desired number of boxes while the other movable boxes are in their lowermost position.

I-n testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FANN IE WOLF.

Witnesses:

EsTELLE GREEN, EsTELL M. ROTHMAN.

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